Slide: WD_39_2

Pyroxene bearing hornblendic-feldspathic (Type F).

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr96 - Mussau type F

None (0) Minor (1) Few (2) Common (3) Frequent (4) Major (5) Very Dominant (6)
0% 0-5% 5-15% 15-30 % 30-50% 50-70% 70-100%
Cal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
0 1 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 felsitic, vitric

Images

ECA68_7_10 ECA68_7_10
Sherd ECA68-7-10 from Talepakemalai (Eloaua). Slide WD_39_2 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image (user: Guest pwd: Guest) or full slide in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Sherd: ECA68-7-10

None

Ware/Period: Early Mussau Lapita (3250 - 2950 BP) (None)

Site: Talepakemalai (Eloaua)

Suspected origin site: Manus or Lavongai

References:

Talepakemalai: Lapita and Its Transformations in the Mussau Islands of Near Oceania (Dickinson, W. & Kirch, P.)